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Text description provided by the architects. The house sits in a forest clearing overlooking the Obi Obi Valley and Kondalilla Falls in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast. The dramatic topography, bush setting and diverse climatic conditions on the hinterland were the driving forces in the design.

The concept of employing precast concrete rainwater tanks as thermal buffers and spatial dividers, tested and proven at The Ninderry Residence, was also adopted. The tanks are partially buried in the site to allow for small plywood ‘bed nests’ to sit above them, regaining the lost space of the tanks footprint.

The draped roof of the building, a subtle echo of the sites topography, allows for appropriate pitch and northern orientation for the photovoltaic array, direct rainwater feed to the internal tanks and appropriate shading for winter and summer sun angles.